Use of corrupt conduct information for wagering
237K Use of corrupt conduct information for wagering
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person possesses information in connection with an event or contingency; and
(b) the information is about conduct, or proposed conduct, that corrupts a wagering outcome of an event or contingency; and
the person:
wagers on the event or contingency; or
(ii) encourages another person to wager on the event or contingency in a particular way; or
(iii) communicates the information mentioned in paragraph (b), or causes that information to be communicated, to another person whom the first person knows or ought reasonably to know would or would be likely to wager on the event or contingency.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1)(c)(ii) or (iii), it is not necessary to prove that the person encouraged to wager, or to whom information was communicated, actually wagered on the event or contingency concerned.
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